Whil Hentzen wrote:
Hi folks,
Just installed MySQL 4 on my Fedora Core 2 box (that didn't have any mysql on it initially.) Three questions.
I'm reading through the doc (gasp!) on the mysql.com site, specifically, 2.4 Unix Post Installation Procedures:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Unix_post-installation.html
The first sentence in the last paragraph before the numbered steps says:
"In the examples shown here, the server runs under the user ID of the mysql login account."
1. I'm confused what the 'mysql login account' is. Does this mean the user who has logged into the Linux box, or is this a mysql-specific user (a user account that is in the mysql databases.)
If it's a separate (new) user on the Linux box, where in the doc does it say to set this guy up before running the post-install stuff?
2. I've read several books and they all have different routes to getting the same thing done. I was working off of a book that used an older version (3.2.x) and followed its instructions (using tar xfz), and messed up the installation.
To remove all traces of mysql to start over, can I just delete everything in the /usr/local/mysql directory as noted in 2.1.5 Installation Layouts on the mysql.com doc? Is there anything else I have to do?
3. After installation, I ran the mysql_install_db as root, but without a --user-mysql parm. I do not understand the difference between running
mysql_install_db and
mysql_install_db --user=mysql
The difference is who owns the files when the program is finished. Mysql should run as linux user 'mysql'. The data directory and all its contents should be owned by mysql.
Thanks!
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